Mario Balotelli

[belly2000]

Wrong Thread - oops

 

[Pigeonho]

Standard reply:

Thanks for contacting us regarding ‘Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012: England V Italy’ broadcast on BBC One on 24 June.

We understand you felt the commentators and presenters were biased against Mario Balotelli. We appreciate in your view, they made a series of snide and offensive remarks which were unnecessary.

Mario Balotelli has been a controversial figure throughout his career in both Italy and England. In common with various media and press in both countries, our pundits have acknowledged both his youth and undoubted footballing talent, but have had to comment from time to time on various disciplinary issues both on and off the pitch, and his repeated raw displays of dissent and frustration. Jose Mourinho described him as "unmanageable" and both his current club and international managers - Mancini and Prandelli - have expressed concerns that his talent could go to waste unless he changes his ways. Our team's comments, while sometimes reflecting those concerns, have across the programme been balanced and fair.

Please be assured, we do appreciate your strength of feeling on this. Therefore your complaint has been registered on our audience log. This is a daily report of audience feedback that's made available to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Sport team, channel controllers and other senior managers.

The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Kind Regards

Alastair O'Donnell

BBC Complaints

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That's actually a decent reply, and not 'standard' as one I received. That was a different matter from last season but the reply I got was obviously a standard 'yes, we hear you', jobby. This actually looks like he understands your view. Nice one.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

obviously a black guys lover

That's nice of him to keep waving at his mum in the crowd.

 

[lee-mcfc]

Thanks for the heads up, this should be fun!

fake account

Based on what....

mcfc would have confirmed it..?
balotelli wouldn't tweet asking for followers

there are many fakes on there but because everyone believes it, it gains followers

 

[Unknown_Genius]

I'm beginning to think its fake. Its just that every tweet is in English, none in Italian.

 

[bluefandk]

Di Canio is a racist ****.

 

[MaviAy]

obviously a black guys lover

That's nice of him to keep waving at his mum in the crowd.

Never understood how Lazio get away with this year in year out?

 

[olddirty]

I think we need subforum for Balotelli...

 

[Zealot87]

Actually, Mario was born in Palermo in 1990.
So he is Italian, bur for our law he must turn 18 to take the italian passport, because he was not "adopted officially", but he was in "affidamento" (don't know ho to traslate this, sorry).

 

[Unknown_Genius]

I really doubt he said that. Firstly, he was born in Palermo, and isn't naturalized as he was born and bred on Italian soil. Secondly, he wasn't the first Black player to play for Italy, Fabio Liverani and Matteo Ferrari won caps before Balotelli.